Monday, August 11, 2008

On This Day in Literary History

On this day in 1937, expatriate Edith Wharton died in France, in the quiet, Old World style she liked to live and describe; also on this day in 1937, and in New World contrast, ex-expatriate Ernest Hemingway bared his hairy chest to Max Eastman's unhairy one, demanded 'What do you mean accusing me of impotence?' and then wrestled Eastman to the floor.Via

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